Factors associated with the development of exudation in treatment-naive eyes with nonexudative macular neovascularization.

Purpose: To identify the predictive factors for development of exudation in patients with treatment-naïve nonexudative macular neovascularization (MNV).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 61 treatment-naïve patients with nonexudative MNV who had not received treatment for nonexudative MNV before the exudation developed. Baseline characteristics and changes in MNV were evaluated using multivariate modeling to determine the potential risk factors for exudative conversion.